Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things.

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The tragic element in poetry is like Saturn in alchemy, the Malevolent, the Destroyer of Nature ; but without it no true Aurum Potabile, or Elixir of Life, can be made.

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All nature ... is a respiration Of the Spirit of God, who, in breathing hereafter Will inhale it into his bosom again, So that nothing but God alone will remain.

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He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder.

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Take them, O Death! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own! Thine image, stamped upon this clay, Doth give thee that, but that alone!

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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

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Silence is a great peacemaker.

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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

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Races, better than we, have leaned on her wavering promise, Having naught else but Hope.

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Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing.

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Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet!

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My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

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Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.

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In the elder days of art Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part, For the Gods are everywhere

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The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.

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Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. . . . He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. . . . Toiling,-rejoicing,-sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.

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Music is the language spoken by angels.

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I am the Angel of the Sun Whose flaming wheels began to run When God's almighty breath Said to the darkness and the Night, Let there be light! and there was light.

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Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling and accomplishing his task, that when the occasion comes he may be equal to the occasion.

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For it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence. Hence is the inner life of so many suffering women Sunless and silent and deep, like subterranean rivers Runnng through caverns of darkness.

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